Paper bottle, cup, or other container.



No. 809,812. PATENTBD JAN. 9, 1906. J. C. KIMSEYL PAPER BOTTLE, CUP, 0R OTHER CNTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.Z1, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES C. KIMSEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN PAPER BOTTLE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER BOTTLE, CUP, OR OTHER CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application led January 21, 1905. Serial No. 242,137.

Be it known that I, JAMES C, Kmsnr, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented eertain Improvements in Paper Bottles, Cups, or other Containers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make a paper bottle, cup, or other container entirely of paper or equivalent material which can be cheaply manufactured and which will withstand the rough usage to which such articles are usually subjected.

lNIy invention is particularly designed to take the place of articles heretofore made either of glass or tin and is to be used as a temporary container.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a cup or bottle having tapered sides and'illustrating myinvention. F ig. 2 is an inverted plan view of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a container of an even diameter throughout, and Eig. 4 is an enlarged view showing more clearly the method of securing the bottom to the body portion. Y

Referring in the first instance to Figs. l, 2, and 4, A is the body portion, which is made from a cylindrical seamless tube which is given the proper taper. This tube is eut in lengths of any size desired and the different sections of the length of tube making cups of different diameters. The paper tube is made by ceiling a sheet of paper around a mandrel and securing the several plies of paper together by means of paste or other eementing material, so as to produce a cylinder of the proper thickness without a seam. By the term seam I mean to differentiate the body portion of my tube from that in which a tube is made by bending a piece of paper or cardboard of a given thickness and forming a lapped and hooked seam, which would make an objectionable projection which could not be properly bent to form the internal flange at one end of the tube. One end of this seamless tube is turned in so as to form a flat flange a. After this flange has been turned in a bottom portion B, having a flat flange l), is placed in the tubular body and the flange of the bottom is forced into the space between the flange a and the inner surface ofthe body, as shown clearly in Eig. et. In some instances j tabs e',

paste or other eementing material c is applied at the corner where the flange l) joins the bottom, and after the paste is applied a solid locking-disk I), of heavy paper, such as cardboard, is forced into the space formed by the flange a, forcing in turn the flange a hard against the flange at a point near where it joins the bottom, the loeking-disk D being of such a diameter and so shaped that it must be forced into position and when in position will have a `flat bearing against the flange, the flange of the bottom at this point resisting the pressure of the locking-disk, making a solid three-ply supportingfl.ange for the cup or bottle. The paste or cement is so applied that a portion of it will eXtend between the flange ay and the flange l), while another portion will extend between the bottom and the inner surface of the locking-disk D, as clearly shown in Eig. 4. Thus when the paste or cement is set the lockingdisk will be securely attached to the bottom and the flange a. will be securely attached to the lflange b. This cement not only forms Va means of attaching the parts permanently, but is an absolute seal against air.

The diameter of the bottom B is so proportioned to the inner diameter of the body portion that it must be forced. into the body por- Y tion when applied. This insures a tight fit between the body and the bottom without using cement at this point, and when the locke ing-disk I) is forced into position the parts will be held rigidly and will be both water and air proof. It will be understood that in time water will penetrate the paper of the cup or bottle without it has been made waterproof, and I preferably waterproof the entire container after the parts have been assembled, and this is done by dipping it in hot parafIin and drying it, so that only athin coating of paraffin will be applied to the article.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a container in which the body portion is made of paper and of an even diameter throughout, being seamless in the manner mentioned above. The bottom of the/container is made in substantially the same' manner as previously'described, and the mouth of the container is closed by a flanged cap E, of paper, the flange e of the cap fitting snugly in the mouth of the bottle IOO and provided in the present instance with which are bent in, as shown, and so formed that by pulling on the tabs the cap can be readily removed. The cap, however, 1s forced into the bottle so that it cannot work loose under ordinary conditions.

My improved bottles and cups or other containers can be made so cheaply that after they are once used they can be thrown away, thus making them sanitary to the highest degrec.

While I have illustrated my invention in the form of a bottle or a cup, it will be understood that it can be used as a boX or package for containing any material and may be made in any shape desired.

The process of manufacturing this improved container is fully set forth and claimed in an application for patent the petition of which bears even date herewith.

I claim as my inventionl. As a new article of manufacture a tubular body portion having an internal flat flange at one end forming with the side wall a straight annular cavity, a bottom having a flat flange, said bottom fitting tightly against the inner walls of the body and its flange eX- tending into the annular cavity of the body, with a solid locking-disk pressed into the cavity formed by the body and bottom so as to force the end of the flange of the body against the flange of the bottom at a point close to the bottom, substantially as described. l

2. As a new article of manufacture a tubular body portion having an internal flat Hange at one end forming with the side wall a straight annular cavity, a bottom having a flat flange, said bottom fitting tightly against the inner walls of the body and its flange eX- tending into the annular cavity of the body, with a solid locking-disk pressed into the cavity formed by the body and bottom so as to force the end of the flange of the body against the flange of the bottom at a point close to the bottom with a cementing material applied between the ange of the body and the flange of the bottom, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture a tubular body portion having an internal flat flange at -one end forming with the side wall a straight annular cavity, a bottom having a flat flange, said bottom fitting tightly against the inner walls of the body and its flangev eX- tending into the annular cavity of the body, with a solid locking-disk pressed into the cav ity formed by the body and bottom so as to force the end of the flange of the body against the flange of the bottom at a point close to the bottom, a cement applied to the corners of the bottom so as to cement the flange of the body to the flange of the bottom, and the locking-disk to the bottom, substantially as described.

4. As a new article of manufacture a tapered tubular body portion narrower at the bottom than at the top, and having an internal flat flange bent up from the bottom forming with the side wall a straight annular cavity, abottom portion having a depending flat flange extending into the annular cavity of the body, and fitting tightly against the walls of the body, with a locking-disk less in thickness than the depth of the flange of the body and having a straight edge, said locking-disk forced into the cavity formed by the body and bottom, whereby the flange of the body is forced hard against the flange' of the bottom at a point close to the bottom so as to make a tight fit between the bottom and the body, the tapered extension of the body pre venting the displacement of the disk, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES C. KIMSEY. Witnesses WILL. A. BARR, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

